Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 29 May 2014 • Exotic wilding tree spread to reverting shrublands that are susceptible to wildling establishment; • An industry that can involve high intensity, heavy vehicle transport use of the public road infrastructure at harvest time. 11.3 Objectives and Policies Objective 1 Sustainable management of rural resources and integrated resource use to protect the character and amenity of rural areas and avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse effects of activities. Policy 1.1 Promote the sustainable management of air, water and soil resources in the rural environment. Policy 1.2 Avoid, remedy, and mitigate adverse environmental effects of activities on the natural character and amenity values of the rural environment by: avoiding unnecessary visual intrusions into the rural landscape by limiting the height and controlling the siting of buildings and ancillary structures; and avoiding erection of structures and other developments on headlands, skylines, and areas between roads and water where significant views occur. Policy 1.4 Resolve conflicts between rural activities and non rural uses and users of rural resources by avoiding an indiscriminate mixture of activities with incompatible effects. Policy 1.5 Provide for subdivision of rural land to enable sustainable management of rural resources. Policy 1.6 Maintain and enhance the amenity values and environmental qualities of open space and quietness that contribute to the distinctive character of the rural environment. Policy 1.7 Enable the establishment of rural based industrial and commercial activities that avoid, remedy and mitigate adverse effects. Policy 1.8 Avoid, remedy, and mitigate the effects of unreasonable noise in the rural environment. Policy 1.9 Avoid, remedy, and mitigate the adverse effects of agrichemicals and encourage their use in a safe and sustainable way. Policy 1.10 Require land use consent for the establishment and operation of any new dairy farm. Approve land use consent applications for new dairy farms where the proposed farming would have no more than minor adverse effects on ground, surface, or coastal water quality, and wetlands. A land use consent application must identify the risks of new dairy farming and provide measures to address those risks, including as a minimum: (a) Measures, including fences, bridges, culverts, to prevent stock entering onto, or passing across, the bed of any river, stream, creek, lake, wetland, significant 11 - 4